On a rabbit-hunting trip last fall, the dog got caught in a fur trap. Waalkens used GPS to keep track of Frisbee and his other beagle, Molly, then suddenly the signal for Frisbee went silent. The sportsman quickly went off to find his missing canine.

"The first thing was, 'My God she's in a trap.' As I went up to her she looked dead," said Waalkens.

Waalkens is so upset by what happened he's supporting a Minnesota state bill that would require body grip traps to be at least five feet off the ground and placed in locations that would protect hunting dogs. Half the states have already passed similar laws to help protect the canines. At least 25 pets in Minnesota have been killed from the traps -- designed to catch wild animals like raccoons -- over the past two years.

"It makes me very mad," Waalkens said. "The fact that someone can set something like that in the woods that can kill your dog in two minutes or less is beyond me."

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